Dave Soldier - Kropotkins CD

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Kropotkins album for sale by Dave Soldier was released Nov 24, 1996 on the Koch label. The Kropotkins were apparently a one-off featuring leader/violinist Soldier and a motley crew of NYC regulars and irregulars, who played music that could perhaps be labeled avant folk blues. Kropotkins buy CD music It's raggedy and mostly right, bringing to mind the old blues, rags 'n' hollers LPs released in the '60s by Dave Ray, Tony Glover, and John Koener. There's also (for those who remember) a touch of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, or maybe Geoff & Maria Muldaur. But since this is now New York circa 1996, the music is a little bit grimier, and the lyrics a little bleaker, than most earlier approximations of rural blues by white folkies. Soldier plays violin and banjo, Mark Feldman also plays violin, Samm Bennett and Jonathan Kane are on percussion, someone using the pseudonym "Dog" is on guitar, and Lorrette Velvette handles most of the vocals. Velvette has a thin, weary-sounding voice, but it works well with the more traditional-sounding blues numbers. Only one piece, "The Nasadiya," is an out and out failure, albeit an ambitious one; it represents Soldier's attempt to put lyrics from the Rig Veda to music, and is meandering, largely unintelligible without the lyric sheet, and ultimately quite boring. But when the group sticks to country-blues forms, the music is just fine. ...See Full Description

Dave Soldier - Kropotkins Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song
	1	Cold Wet Steel
	2	Shake 'Em on Down
	3	Everdream
	4	On This Earth
	5	Pachman Farm
	6	Something Crawling Round My Bed
	7	Good Cheap Transpotation
	8	Coal Black Wind
	9	Some of the Dust
	10	Nasadiya
	11	Crow Jane

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CD Universe Part number	1482858
Label	Koch
Orig Year	1996
Catalog number	358707
Discs	1
Release Date	Nov 24, 1996
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Rory Young; David Soldier
Engineer	Shari Weingarten; Shari Weingarten; Rory Young
Recording Time	41 minutes
Personnel	Dog - guitar, fife Rory Young - programming, loops Dave Soldier - vocals, banjo, violin David Soldier - vocals, banjo, violin Kropotkins Lorette Velvette - vocals Jonathon Kane - drums Also: Mark Feldman, Samm Bennett